Mn-fish Sportfishing Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832828853
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Osseo, MN, USA
Phone
6123861480
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Wildlife Preservation, Protection

Reported finances

Revenue
$125,072
Expenses
$85,259
Assets
$141,540
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RON SCHARA (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN KERKVLIET (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RON SCHARA (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN KERKVLIET (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DAVE OSBORNE (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mn-fish sportfishing foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization designed to inspire minnesotans to restore, protect, and enhance sportfishing for the present and future generations to enjoy.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mn-fish sportfishing foundation 501(c)(3) was created to inspire mn anglers to protect, restore and enhance sportfishing for the present and future generations. By educating the general public, policy makers and regulators about the beneficial impacts angling has on Minnesota's quality for life, mn-fish advocates for the desires of its members to improve fishing, fish management and quality access to our public recourses.mn-fish stays in constant contact with its 5,000 members through email and social media so we can share new and developing information important to the angling community and updates on mn-fish activites. Annually mn-fish holds an "anglers summit" that includes presentations by the Minnesota department of natural resourses (dnr) who share fisheries management needs. This is an opportunity for mn-fish member to learn and ask detailed questions of state regulators about their concerns and perspectives about regulation changes that influence the future of angling in mn.after years of educating Minnesota policy makers and state regulators about the years of eroding investments by the state into the public angling infrastructure, mn anglers successfully advocated for the mn legislature in 2024 to allocate $35 million for the process of rebuilding the state's public water access (pwa) system and begin modernizing the states fish hatchery system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 17.2%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 25.2%; rating input score 25

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.8%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 17.2% of revenue deployed · 25.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 25/100.